Looking for a Simple Poll alternative that won't break the bank? OpenCulture delivers powerful anonymous feedback capabilities at a fraction of the cost—with polls, Q&A, and AMAs built for growing teams on Slack.
Pricing Comparison at a Glance
| Team Size | OpenCulture (pricing) | Simple Poll (pricing) |
|---|---|---|
| 100 users | $30/mo ✅ | $149/mo |
| 500 users | $150/mo ✅ | $399/mo |
The Price Gap You Can't Ignore
Let's talk numbers. Simple Poll charges $149/month for a 100-person team to access unlimited polls and advanced features. Meanwhile, OpenCulture delivers unlimited polls and other features at just $30/month for teams up to 100 people, $75/month for 100–500, and $150/month for 500+.
The math is simple: A 100-person company pays just $30/month with OpenCulture versus $149/month for Simple Poll. That's $119/month in savings ($1,428/year)—an 80% cost reduction that adds up quickly.
Even better? Every OpenCulture plan includes unlimited polls and questions with no usage caps. No counting responses. No worrying about hitting monthly limits.
What You Get with OpenCulture
Polling — Feature Parity Where It Counts
Simple Poll is a well-built polling tool. For the core polling workflow — create a question, add options, collect votes — both tools handle it well. The difference is what you pay.
OpenCulture matches Simple Poll on the features most teams use daily: anonymous voting, multiple choice (select more than one option), participant-added options (voters can suggest new choices), auto-close deadlines, and results visibility control (hide results until voting ends to prevent bandwagoning).
Where Simple Poll goes further: ranked-choice voting, rating scales, multi-question surveys, recurring scheduled polls, and poll templates. These are genuinely useful if you run structured employee surveys or need complex question formats regularly.
But here's the question: how often does your team actually use ranked-choice voting or rating scales? For most teams, 90% of their polls are simple "pick one" or "pick multiple" questions — lunch preferences, meeting times, project priorities, retrospective topics. You're paying $149/month for features that cover 10% of your usage.
What Simple Poll Can't Do: Anonymous Q&A
This is the biggest gap. Simple Poll is only a polling tool. It has no anonymous Q&A, no suggestion box functionality, no way for employees to ask questions without their name attached.
OpenCulture includes full anonymous Q&A built in. Enable it in any Slack channel with /openculture qna, and team members can submit anonymous questions with /openculture ask. Leaders answer publicly in the same channel thread, creating a visible archive of questions and answers.
Every submission passes through moderation — AI-powered content filtering and/or human review by designated moderators — before going live. Moderators can approve, reject, or privately respond to sensitive questions without breaking anonymity.
If you're using Simple Poll today and your team also needs an anonymous feedback channel, a town hall Q&A tool, or a suggestion box, you're looking at adding a second (or third) tool to your Slack workspace. OpenCulture replaces both with one install.
What Simple Poll Can't Do: Peer Recognition
Simple Poll doesn't include any recognition features. If your team wants peer-to-peer kudos alongside polls, you need another tool entirely — typically at another per-seat cost.
OpenCulture includes Kudos on every plan. Run /openculture kudos to publicly celebrate a teammate's contribution in any channel. No points system, no leaderboard, no reward catalog — just genuine, visible appreciation.
For teams evaluating Simple Poll: the real cost comparison isn't just Simple Poll vs OpenCulture. It's Simple Poll + a Q&A tool + a recognition tool vs OpenCulture alone. When you add up the actual tools you need, the savings are even larger than the pricing table suggests.
When Simple Poll Might Still Make Sense
We believe in transparency, so let's be fair: Simple Poll excels at survey versatility. If you need multi-question surveys with ranked-choice voting, rating scales, and extensive templating, Simple Poll's broader feature set might justify the premium.
| Feature | OpenCulture | Simple Poll |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Choice | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Anonymous Voting | ✅ Optional | ✅ Optional |
| User-Added Options | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Anon Comments | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Anon Q&A/AMAs | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Kudos | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Ranked/Scales | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Multi-Question | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Recurring Polls | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Templates | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Free Tier | ❌ Trial | ✅ 100/mo |
Our take: If you're running complex research surveys or need diverse question formats, Simple Poll's tools are robust. But if your priority is creating a safe space for honest employee feedback, OpenCulture delivers more value at a better price.
The Bottom Line
Simple Poll does one thing and does it well. If all your team needs is polling with advanced survey features — ranked choice, rating scales, templates, recurring surveys — it's a solid choice, despite the price.
But most teams outgrow "just polls" quickly. The moment you need anonymous questions for a town hall, a suggestion box for ongoing feedback, or peer recognition to build culture, Simple Poll can't help — and you're stacking more tools (and more subscriptions) on top.
OpenCulture consolidates polls, anonymous Q&A, and kudos into a single Slack app at a fraction of what Simple Poll alone costs. For a 100-person team, that's $30/month for three tools vs $149/month for one.
Start a 14-day free trial and see if OpenCulture covers everything your team actually needs.
